Food Technician

Stowmarket High School, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1QR

37 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  31 August 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  21 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £5,059.00 - £5,221.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 3, scale point 4 - £24,404-£25,183 pa full-time equivalent

Food Technician job summary

Stowmarket High School has an exciting future.  We have seen a year-on-year improvement in GCSE results, but this forms just one piece of the jigsaw, and we strive to provide the best all-round education for our young people.  Our enriching curriculum seeks to give our students every access to knowledge, skills and experiences to help them prepare for the future and encourage them to be independent, creative, confident and socially responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society.  We are proud to be the town school and work to improve the life chances and opportunities for all our students.   

We are seeking to appoint a motivated, enthusiastic and energetic Food Technician to join our team. This role is for 9 hours per week, 39 weeks per year. Whilst previous experience in food and nutrition would be advantageous, training would be given to applicants demonstrating a willingness and enthusiasm to support the teaching staff prepare a safe and clean learning environment.

The daily responsibilities are likely to include any of the following;

• The preparation of equipment and classrooms.

• Maintaining cleanliness and safety in food preparation areas

• Supporting the teaching staff in preparing a safe, clean and pleasant learning environment.

• Assisting students in lessons

• Ensuing that health and safety standards are upheld

We can offer:  

• A welcoming and caring staff team  

• A supportive team of professionals within the school and as part of the trust    

• A range of dedicated staff wellbeing support  

 

Kingfisher Schools Trust offer a wide range of benefits, including: 

• Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development 

• Access to a huge variety of training courses through The National College 

• Pension scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contribution 

• Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice 

• Shopping and leisure discounts 

• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme 

• Affordable electric car salary sacrifice scheme 

If you have any questions, or would like to arrange a visit to our school, please contact recruitment@kingfisherschools.co.uk 

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as the closing date for this vacancy may be altered if a sufficient number of applications are received.  

Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted. 

 

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Stowmarket High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 896 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Stowmarket High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/stowmarket-high-school-stowmarket

Stowmarket High School is situated in picturesque mid Suffolk with excellent commuter links to Cambridge, Ipswich and Norwich. We are an inclusive 11 – 18 Academy and part of Waveney Valley Academies Trust. 6th Form is currently not being offered. Construction of a new school is now complete on our current site and we have moved into our new state of the art school.

In return for working at Stowmarket High School, staff are assured of a welcoming environment with supportive colleagues and a strong focus on staff induction and ongoing professional development, a consistent and supportive approach to behaviour for learning together with inspirational and dynamic leadership.

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